R&D Software Engineer

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Job Title: Software Engineer

Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Full-time

The job  

As a Software Engineer in the Cloud UE (Unified Engineering) team, you will help design, build, and operate the services and streaming environments that deliver AVEVA's Unified Engineering products to customers as a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

You will work across serverless APIs, identity and access flows, Windows-centric infrastructure, and desktop streaming technologies. You will contribute to CI/CD and infrastructure automation, champion security and compliance, and support service reliability and performance. As you gain experience, there may be an opportunity to join the team’s on-call rotation in the future, with full mentoring and support.

This is a role for someone early in their career who is eager to learn, proactive by nature, and excited by the opportunity to work across a broad and modern technology stack in a team that truly owns what it builds. You won't be expected to know everything from day one, but you will be expected to have the curiosity, drive, and resilience to grow quickly.

Key responsibilities 

• Build scalable AWS SaaS services: contribute to the design, development, and support of highly available platform components.

• Develop integrations and serverless capabilities: deliver and maintain APIs (API Gateway/Lambda), event-driven workflows, and identity/SCIM integrations with AVEVA CONNECT.

• Operate and improve cloud environments: support desktop streaming (Amazon WorkSpaces Applications) and Windows-centric infrastructure (EC2, FSx, Active Directory, DynamoDB) with strong observability and cost/performance focus.

• Deliver securely with automation and teamwork: write clean, tested, documented, deployable code; contribute to CI/CD and infrastructure automation (Azure Pipelines, CloudFormation, Step Functions); collaborate in agile planning, troubleshoot issues, communicate risks, and continuously learn.

 Essential requirements

• Proactive, self-starting, and ownership-driven — takes initiative and cares about quality and production behaviour.

• Curious and growth-minded — eager to learn new technologies, approaches, and continuously improve.

• Able to work independently in a distributed team — manages time well, operates autonomously, stays accountable.

• Resilient, collaborative communicator — positive with challenges, asks questions, shares knowledge, and communicates clearly in writing and verbally.

Desired skills and competencies

• AWS & cloud foundations: VPC, EC2, S3, IAM/security groups; plus awareness of serverless (API Gateway/Lambda/DynamoDB), containers (Docker/ECS), and monitoring (CloudWatch/Datadog).

• Software engineering & languages: practical development experience in C# and JavaScript/TypeScript (Angular/Node.js), comfortable working across multiple languages, with solid Git-based workflows.

• DevOps & delivery: understanding of CI/CD principles and tools (e.g., Azure Pipelines) and infrastructure automation/IaC (CloudFormation, Terraform or similar).

• Windows & security fundamentals: Windows administration (AD, Group Policy, PowerShell, enterprise deployment/packaging awareness) and security best practices (SSO/SCIM, least privilege, encryption, network segmentation).

R&D at AVEVA 

Our global team of 2000+ developers work on an incredibly diverse portfolio of over 75 industrial automation and engineering products, which cover everything from data management to 3D design. AI and cloud are at the centre of our strategy, and we have over 150 patents to our name.

Our track record of innovation is no fluke – it’s the result of a structured and deliberate focus on learning, collaboration and inclusivity. If you want to build applications that solve big problems, join us.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/r-and-d-careers/

UK Benefits include:  

Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program.

It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/

Hybrid working

We work in a hybrid way at AVEVA. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office, with an expectation of being on-site 50% of your working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions are fully office-based depending on the nature of the work, and certain roles that support specific customers or markets may be remote. The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process.

Hiring process

Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.

We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check.  Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.  AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.